Do Not Be Rash
"All right." Derila took off her gloves and tiredly lay back on the couch. She then turned her head to the side to look at Daemon. "What about you? Are you hurt?"
"What do you want?"
Daemon was giving her a suspicious look.
This woman risked her life for us, but there's no way it's because she has a crush on me… She must have ulterior motives.
"I told you—I want this."
Derila pointed at the black and gold cross necklace around his neck.
"Uh…"
This time, Harrison and the others did not misunderstand the situation again. Instead, they were taken aback.
"I told you I can't give you this." Daemon narrowed his eyes at her in confusion. "But I'm curious. Why do you want this?"
"No reason." Derila then impatiently asked, "Are you going to give it to me or not?"
"No."
Just as that word left Daemon's mouth, Derila whipped out a gun and pointed it at his head before hissing, "This is so annoying. You just have to make me use force!"
Harrison and the others froze for a few seconds before they, too, took out their guns to point them at Derila.
No matter how much they were grateful for Derila's help, they were still loyal to their employer at the end of the day.
Sloan hastily cried out, "Dr. Feroma, please put your gun down now! Don't do this!"
"You b_stards, I've just saved your life earlier, but now you're repaying my kindness with cruelty?" Derila gritted out as she glared at Sloan, Mylo, and Harrison.
"I'm sorry. We're thankful that you've saved us, but protecting Mr. Lierger is our duty."
At that moment, Mylo felt helpless.
"That's why you should put down your guns, " Derila said as she removed the safety. "Otherwise, I'm going to blow his head off!"
"Ah!" Daemon's subordinates were all frightened out of their wits.
Harrison attempted to persuade her otherwise again. "Dr. Feroma, let's have a talk instead. Don't do anything… rash."
Just as the last word was out of his mouth, a sound of a gunshot rang out.
The bullet whizzed past Daemon's hair and buried itself into the wall beside him with an explosion of sparks.
Everyone was stunned, and their eyes widened into saucers as they looked at Derila in disbelief.
She actually fired the gun?
"Dr. Feroma, are you serious?"
Harrison could not believe what he just saw.
Meanwhile, although Daemon was not shocked by the gunshot, his expression was already darker than the night.
A cold glint flashed past his amber eyes, and he shot Derila a death glare. "You must have a death wish!"
"I just want the necklace." Derila knitted her brows and extended her hand toward him. She then impatiently urged, "Hurry up and give me the necklace."
Right then, sounds of footsteps came from the outside. The motel owner had brought men up when he heard the gunshot, and he was even telling his employees, "Call the cops quickly!"
"The cops will be here soon, the people behind Pastor will be coming soon. Hand over the necklace now, and we'll go separate ways from now on, " Derila prompted. "Hurry up."
"What if I refuse?" Daemon questioned, unfazed.
"You're such a pain in the _ss!"
Irked, Derila reached over to snatch the necklace off him.
However, Daemon frowned and swiftly grabbed her wrist before snatching her gun away from her. Then, he pressed it against her forehead and said, "Ungrateful Wretch, how dare you threaten me? Are you tired of being in this world?"
"Ugh."
Derila stiffened.
How did he snatch the gun from me? I never even realized it until it was too late. He was so quick! Wait, no. This isn't the right time to be thinking about this.
"Hey, don't do anything silly, " Derila hurriedly pleaded. "This necklace is originally…"
Before she could finish her sentence, the sounds of police siren came from the outside.
In the next second, the motel owner barged into the room with an air gun and a few police officers with him.
Sloan stepped forward to explain the situation to them, but at that moment, Harrison noticed the group of people behind the officers. Promptly, he shouted, "They're Pastor's men!"
Daemon instantly kept away the gun and brought Derila away from the room while Harrison and the others followed him.
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